Timeline Tuesday 29 May 1906

Events on Tuesday 29 May 1906 1

• 1906 Finland grants women full political rights Grand Duchy becomes the first in Europe to give women the vote and right to stand The Finnish Diet approved a sweeping parliamentary reform that replaced the old four-estate assembly with a unicameral parliament elected by universal and equal suffrage, including women. Finland became the first country in Europe to grant women both the right to vote and the right to stand as candidates.